#hms phoebe

[ltwilliammowett]

1/4 Pint pewter Rum measure for Grog - H.M.S. Phoebe, 1820s

[hms-exeter]

Dido class light cruiser HMS Phoebe at anchor.

[ltwilliammowett]

Pewter Rum measure for Grog, 1/4 Pint - H.M.S. Phoebe, late 18th -early 19th century

Phoebe was a 36-gun fifth rate of the Royal Navy, was launched 24 September 1795. She had a career of almost twenty years and fought in the French Revolutionary Wars, the Napoleonic Wars and the War of 1812. Overall, her crews were awarded six clasps to the Naval General Service Medals, with two taking place in the French Revolutionary Wars, three during the Napoleonic Wars and the sixth in the War of 1812. Three of the clasps carried the name Phoebe. During her career, Phoebe sailed to the Mediterranean, the Baltic, the Indian Ocean, South East Asia, North America and South America.

Once peace finally arrived, Phoebe was laid up, though she spent a few years as a slop ship during the 1820s. She was then hulked. The Admiralty finally sold her for breaking up in 1841.

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British light cruiser HMS Phoebe at Naples, 1944.

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[missanthropicprinciple]

HMS Phoebe/HMS Hero Booklet (Warship 1973 BBC Series) DOWNLOAD PDF